The Conservation Bank Act empowered the Conservation Bank to award grants to eligible trust fund recipients for the purchase of interests in land so long as the grants meet the purpose of the Act and meet the proper criteria as contained in the Act.
An "eligible trust fund" recipient is defined in the Act as:
- The SC Department of Natural Resources; The SC Forestry Commission; and The SC Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism.
- A municipality of SC and any agency, commission, or Instrumentality of such a municipality.
- A not-for-profit charitable corporation or trust authorized to do business in SC whose principal activity is the acquisition and management of interests in land for conservation or historic preservation purposes and which has tax-exempt status as a public charity under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
The South Carolina Conservation Bank is prohibited by law from owning any interests in land. If a landowner is interested in conveying a conservation easement on his property it must be to a qualified entity who will hold the easement agreement and be responsible for the terms of the easement. A list of qualified entities and contact information is included herein.
| Land Trust & Website | Contact | Address | Phone, Fax, & Email | Area Serving |
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Joanna Samson |
PO Box 3096 Aiken, SC 29802 |
Phone: (803) 522-1300 Email: jdunnsamson@outlook.com |
Aiken | |
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Sherri Fields |
125 Wappoo Creek Drive, Suite 214 Charleston, SC 29412 |
Phone: (843) 459-2473 Email: sherri.fields@audubon.org |
Statewide | |
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Tim Evans |
Email: tim.evans@audubon.org |
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Kristin Williams |
PO Box 75 Beaufort, SC 29901 |
Phone: (843) 521-2175 Email: kristin@openlandtrust.com |
Beaufort | |
| Central Savannah River Land Trust | Hazel Cook |
PO Box 148 Augusta, GA 30903 |
Phone: (703) 312-5263 Email: hazel@csrlt.org |
Aiken, Edgefield |
| Chattooga Conservancy |
Nicole Hayler |
9 Sequoia Hills Lane Clayton, GA 30525 |
Phone: (706) 782-6097 Fax: (706) 782-6098 Email: info@chattoogariver.org |
Chattooga River Watershed area |
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Community Open Land Trust |
Brenda Davis |
1008 Old Chapin Rd. Lexington, SC 29072 |
Phone: (803) 606-1802 |
Multi-State Consultant |
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David Hargett, Ph.D. |
PO Box 9111 Greenville, SC 29604 |
Phone: (864) 277-2004 Email: dhargett52@gmail.com |
Greenville | |
| Congaree Land Trust |
Stuart White |
PO Box 5232 Columbia, SC 29250 |
Phone: (803) 988-0000 Email: stuart@congareelt.org |
Bamberg, Calhoun, Clarendon, Fairfield, Kershaw, Lexington, Lee, Newberry, Orangeburg, Richland, Sumter, Williamsburg |
|
Mary Crockett |
Email: mary@congareelt.org | |||
| Conservation Fund | Jason Johnson |
204 Water Oak Lane Matthews, NC 28104 |
Phone: (803) 422-1408 |
Statewide |
| Conserving Carolina | Rebekah Robinson |
847 Case Street Hendersonville, NC 28792 |
Phone: (828) 697-5777 Ext. 206 |
Multi-State Consultant |
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South Atlantic Field Office |
Emily Purcell |
3294 Ashley Phosphate Rd., Suite 2-A North Charleston, SC 29418 |
Phone: (843) 745-9110 Email: epurcell@ducks.org |
Statewide |
| Edisto Island Open Land Trust |
John Girault |
PO Box 1 Edisto Island, SC 29438 |
Phone: (843) 869-9004 Email: john@edisto.org |
Colleton, Charleston - only Edisto Island |
| Friends of the Reedy River |
Nikki Grumbine |
PO Box 9351 Greenville, SC 29604 |
Phone: (864) 255-8946 Email: mmkathr@gmail.com |
Greenville, Laurens |
| Heritage Preservation Trust | George C. Thornton |
PO Box 502 Edgefield, SC 29824 |
Phone: (803) 480-2190 Email: gcthornton@hp-trust.net |
Statewide |
| Doug Saunders |
4821 Citadel Avenue Columbia, SC 29206 |
Phone: (803) 622-3743 Email: dsaunders@hp-trust.net |
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| Katawba Valley Land Trust |
Dr. Michelle Evans |
PO Box 1776 Lancaster, SC 29721-1776 |
Phone: (803) 285-5801 |
Lancaster, Chester |
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Email: kvlt@comporium.net |
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| Kiawah Island Natural Habitat Conservancy, Inc. |
Donna Windham |
80 Kestrel Court Kiawah Island, SC 29455 |
Phone: (843) 768-2029 Email: kiacons@aol.com |
Kiawah Island |
| Jennifer Woody | Email: Jennifer.woody@kiawahconservancy.org | |||
| Lord Berkeley Conservation Trust |
Chris Vaughn |
223 East Main Street, Suite B Moncks Corner, SC 29461-6120 |
Phone: (843) 899-5228 Email: info@lordberkeley.org |
Berkeley |
| Lowcountry Land Trust |
Ashley Demosthenes |
635 Rutledge Avenue, Suite 107 Charleston, SC 29403 |
Phone: (843) 577-6510 |
Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg, Beaufort, Berkeley, Charleston, Clarendon, Colleton, Dorchester, Georgetown, Hampton, Horry, Jasper, Orangeburg, Williamsburg |
| Nation Ford Land Trust |
Stephen Hamilton |
PO Box 1273 Fort Mill, SC 29716 |
Phone: (803) 547-8140 |
York |
| Naturaland Trust |
Mac Stone |
148 River Street, Suite 110 Greenville, SC 29601 |
Phone: (864) 387-6079 Email: macstone@naturalandtrust.org |
Upstate |
| The Nature Conservancy |
Dale Threatt-Taylor |
1417 Stuart Engals Blvd., Suite 100 Mount Pleasant, SC 29464 |
Phone: (803) 937-8807 Ext. 39 Email: d.threatttaylor@tnc.org |
Statewide |
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Katherine Malloy |
Phone: (843) 937-8807 Ext. 12 Email: kmalloy@tnc.org |
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| Palmetto Conservation Foundation |
Natalie Cappuccio Britt |
722 King Street Columbia, SC 29205 |
Phone: (803) 771-0870 |
Statewide |
| Pee Dee Land Trust |
Lyles Cooper Lyles |
PO Box 2134 Florence, SC 29503 |
Phone: (843) 667-3229 Ext. 303 Email: lclyles@peedeelandtrust.org |
Chesterfield, Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Georgetown, Horry, Marion, Marlboro, Williamsburg |
| SC Battleground Preservation Trust |
Douglas W. Bostick |
PO Box 80668 Charleston, SC 29416-0668 |
Phone: (843) 743-8281 |
Statewide - focus on battleground areas |
| SCDNR - Heritage Trust |
Ken Rentiers |
PO Box 167 Columbia, SC 29202 |
Phone: (803) 734-9035 Email: rentiersk@dnr.sc.gov |
Statewide - Heritage Trust Program |
| SCDNR - Land, Water, & Conservation Divistion | Marc Cribb |
PO Box 167 Columbia, SC 29202 |
Phone: (803) 734-6367 Email: cribbm@dnr.sc.gov |
Statewide - Soil & Water Cons. Districts |
| SCDNR Board | Cary L. Chastain |
PO Box 21690 Charleston, SC 29413 |
Phone: (843) 442-0609 Email: chastainc@dnr.sc.gov |
Statewide |
| Spartanburg Area Conservancy (SPACE) |
Amanda Mathis |
100 E. Main Street, Suite 7B Spartanburg, SC 29306 |
Phone: (864) 948-0000 |
Cherokee, Spartanburg, Union |
| The Trust for Public Land | Kent Whitehead |
100 M. Street SE, Suite 700 Washington, DC 20003 |
Phone: (202) 330-4729 Email: kent.whitehead@tpl.org |
Statewide |
| Unique Places to Save |
Michael Scisco |
P.O. Box 1183 Chapel Hill, NC |
Phone: (505) 603-3636 |
Multi-State Consultant |
| Upper Savannah Land Trust |
Wade Harrison |
430 Helix Road Greenwood, SC 29646 |
Phone: (706) 536-0110 Email: wade.c.harrison@gmail.com |
Abbeville, Anderson, Edgefield, Greenwood, Laurens, McCormick, Newberry, Saluda |
| Upstate Forever |
Andrea Cooper |
507 Pettigru Street Greenville, SC 29601 |
Phone: (864) 250-0500 Email: acooper@upstateforever.org |
Abbeville, Anderson, Cherokee, Greenville, Greenwood, Laurens, Oconee, Pickens, Spartanburg, Unio.n |
|
Scott Park |
Phone: (864) 250-0500 Ext. 26 Email: spark@upstateforever.org |